It was true when NY Post said it. Remember the "50 former intelligence officers" that concluded this story was "classic Russian disinformation"? The headliner of those 50 was renowned (reviled, disgraced) former DNI James Clapper and former spook in chief Brennan.
A key signer of the open letter that wrongly suggested The Post’s
bombshell reporting on Hunter Biden’s emails was part of a “Russian information operation” has accused Politico of distorting “what we said” — more than two years after the fact.
Former Director of National Intelligence James Clapper tried Monday to
tamp down the growing controversy over the letter that he and 50 other ex-spooks signed after The Post first revealed the existence of the first son’s infamous laptop in October 2020.
Their public statement, now the subject of investigations by the Republican-led House Judiciary and Intelligence committees, was first
reported by Politico and later seized on by then-candidate Joe Biden.
“There was message distortion,”
Clapper told the Washington Post. “All we were doing was raising a yellow flag that this could be Russian disinformation. Politico deliberately distorted what we said. It was clear in paragraph five.”
Former Director of National Intelligence James Clapper tried to tamp down the controversy over the letter that he signed calling The Post’s reporting on Hunter Biden’s laptop Russian di…
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